Improvement in curry-combs



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C. A. HO-TCHKISS.

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- No.177,8 38'. Patented May 23,1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT or-non.

CHARLES A. HOTCHKISS, OF BRIDGEPOBT, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN CURRYrCOMBS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,838, dated May 23, 1876 application filed March 15, 1876.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A; HOTCH- KIss, of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented anew and valuable Improvement in Curry- Combs'; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and tothe letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a perspective view of my curry-comb, and Fig. 2 is a detail perspective of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modification of my curry-comb; and Figs. 4., 5, and 6 are various modifications of the handle thereof. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of another modification. and Fig. 8 modification of the handle thereof. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of another modification of my currycomb, and Figs. 10 and 11 are perspective views of modificationof the handle. Fig. 12 'is a side view of a modification of the handle.

This invention relates to curry-combs; and it consists in providing for such combs a side handle or tang, with which there is formed, in a single piece, both a spider or frame for connection with the comb-back, and a'thumb ring or support at or near the end of the.

handle, next to the comb, as hereinafter described.

A of the drawings represents a metallic handle, and B the spider or frame, adapted for attachment to the comb-back by screws or rivets, as shown. C represents a thumb rest or support, connected withthe handle at-or near its end next the comb.

I sometimes form this support in the shape is preferable to form the ring or support at the front end of the handle, as represented in the remaining figures.

In place of a solid metallic handle 1 sometimes form a tang only, as shown in Figs. 9 and 12. v

The letters D D represent wooden handles, respectively, attached to tangs, shown on said Figs. 9 and 12. The letters a a, on Figs. 8 and 10, represent different forms of handstays, which I sometimes construct on the top of the handle near its front end, the object being to provide a lateral support or bearing for the hand while the thumb occupies its rest.

My metallic handles are constructed in any desirable shape, a great varietyofiwhich is illustrated in the drawings.

The particular form thereof is immaterial, except that care should be taken to make them easy to grasp and hold, and of such size and weight as'will combine the lightness and strength desired.

To afiord ready means for suspension, as well as a lateral outward bearing for the operatinghand or an additional thumbsupport, when the comb is used with the little finger next the comb, I sometimes construct the handle with an end ring, marked Gr,0l1- Figs. 3, 4., 6, 7, and 12. A modification of this ring is shown on Fig. 5, which shows a segment only. I

My metallic handle, thumb-rests, connecting-spider, and hand-stays are usually cast of malleable iron, and are formed of one piece of casting only; but I do not wish to confine my method of construction to'casting these several parts in one piece. They can be manufactured easily and cheaply of several pieces when desirable.

In case a wooden handle is used, a tang is substituted for the metallic handle, as shown in Figs. 9 and l), and if with such handle an end ring or athumb-rest is desired, I form it of a separate piece of metahand secure it in the end of the wooden handle, in the manner shown in Fig. 12.

a It is obvious that the handle, provided with a ring or thumb support at each end,

2 I ir'ass the purpose specified.

2. A curry-comb side handle, having thumbrest G, and frame or spider B, formed of one piece, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. HOTOHKISS.

' Witnesses:

; JOHN F. AoKER, J r.,

ROBERT EVERETT. 

